Alabama

  • Alabama,  Cherokee,  Cryptids,  E,  Georgia(state),  Kentucky,  North Carolina,  Pennsylvania,  South Carolina,  Tennessee,  Virginia,  W,  West Virginia,  Witches

    Wampus Cat/Ewah

    The Wampus Cat is a mysterious feline creature from the myths of the Cherokee. Sightings of this creature are from the Appalachian Mountains commonly West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Its name is sometimes thought to come from the term “cattywampus” since it means “not quite right” and it is known as the Ewah by the Cherokee. Often it is described as a bizarre cross between a woman and a mountain lion. Other times it resembles a hybrid of a large mountain lion, panther, cougar, and gray wolf. Commonly it has hypnotic glowing eyes along with huge fangs and is known to make…

  • Alabama,  B,  Cannibal Giants

    Big Man-Eater

    Big Man-Eater is a figure from the myths of the Alabama tribe. He was a man who was really bad at hunting and told his wife to cut off her limbs for him to eat. She ran away and had her brothers kill him. They burned him to ashes, and from his ashes emerged bees, wasps, mosquitos, flies, and crows. Citations: Sullivan, Irene F., and Gill, Sam D.. Dictionary of Native American Mythology. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 1994.